By KELSIE LeROSE Times West Virginian BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Members of West Virginia’s aerospace industry met with Gov. Jim Justice, Secretary of Commerce Woody Thrasher and State Senator Mike Romano Monday for a roundtable discussion on the industry’s recent economic impacts and opportunities for growth. Justice said he is tired[Read More…]
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Subcommittee tweaks tax reform bill
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Senate Finance subcommittee tweaked the ever-morphing tax reform bill. And the Senate Select Committee on Tax Reform got its first look at the proposed Constitutional amendment resolution that accompanies the bill. The tax reform bill, SB 335, has grown from[Read More…]
House allows EMT, firefighters to carry firearms while on duty
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would allow non-police first responders to carry firearms, as long as they have proper training, has passed the West Virginia House of Delegates. The committee substitute for House Bill 2916 passed by a margin of 96-2. Del. Chad Lovejoy, D-Cabell,[Read More…]
House of Delegates approves firearms for first responders
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill Monday, March 20 that would allow paramedics, firefighters, reserve deputies and other first responders to carry guns. The legislation, House Bill 2916, would leave the decision of whether to allow[Read More…]
WV House eyes sweep of AG settlement funds
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey holding onto $8 million from recent lawsuit settlements with prescription drug distributors, state lawmakers are advancing a bill that would require the attorney general to deposit such monies into the state’s general revenue fund. The[Read More…]
Action kicks up in West Virginia legislature
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A bill prohibiting the Smarter Balanced Assessment as West Virginia’s format for standardized testing is set for its first reading before the full Senate in Charleston. The Senate Finance Committee on Monday advanced Senate Bill 18 with a recommendation[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate bill gives non-violent felons ‘second chance’
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Criminals convicted of certain non-violent felonies could get the opportunity for a “second chance” and a clean record under a bill moving in the West Virginia Senate. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday advanced Senate Bill 76, which would expand eligibility[Read More…]
Proposed House of Delegates bill may lower county costs for jails
By DREW PARKER The Intelligencer and Wheeling News Register MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — A bill in the House of Delegates would reduce counties’ costs to house inmates at West Virginia’s regional jails by moving up the date at which they become the state’s responsibility. House Bill 2845 would make the Division[Read More…]
Sen. Smith supports new rural broadband bill, Legislation as written would promote more competition
By THERESA MARTHEY The Preston County News & Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The lack of broadband in rural areas of West Virginia has been a concern for several years. The state Senate has taken up a bill that would address the lack of broadband in those areas. “Senate Bill 614[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, Committee Schedule for Tuesday, March 21
W.Va. Legislative Committee Meeting Schedule – Subject to change Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm SENATE: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 REVIEW BILLS INTRODUCED The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. RESOLUTIONS SR 44: Designating March 21, 2017, as Down Syndrome Awareness Day[Read More…]
